THE STONE ROSES' eponymous debut album has been voted the best album of all time by the writers of NME and NME.COM.

The poll, conducted for the first time in ten years, saw the Pixies' 'Doolittle' LP, also released in 1989, come in at Number Two. The 1993 winner of the poll, 'Pet Sounds' by The Beach Boys, is at Number Three this time.

Elsewhere in the Top Ten, The Strokes represented the Noughties, with 2001's NME Album Of The Year 'Is This It' entering the chart at Seven.

The full Top Ten is:


1. The Stone Roses "The Stone Roses'
2. Pixies 'Doolittle'
3. The Beach Boys 'Pet Sounds'
4. Television 'Marquee Moon'
5. The Beatles 'Revolver'
6. Love 'Forever Changes'
7. The Strokes 'Is This it'
8. The Smiths 'The Queen Is Dead'
9.The Velvet Underground 'The Velvet Underground & Nico'
10. The Sex Pistols 'Never Mind The Bollocks...'

(taken from nme.com)

I'm just happy to see "marquee moon" get such a high placing because that album is amazing.....

What a load of poo.

I only own three of those albums but...it just doesn't seem right that the Pixies and Television would be above the Beatles. And also...why are the Strokes so high?

Okay, I absolutely love The Strokes, and Is This It is seriously one of my favorite albums of all time. I also love every other band listed, except for The Stone Roses and The Beach Boys (who I'm just kind of indifferent about). I really don't care what anybody says, not one of those top five artists should be above Revolver. And, not one of them should be above "The White Album", or just about any other Beatles album for that matter. It's just wrong. I mean, really, are The Stone Roses better than The Beatles? I don't think so....in fact, I know they're not...but apparently some people think they are. It really infuriates me.

(Edited by Sexy Sadie at 5:12 pm on Mar. 5, 2003)

I guess if every thread is going to be about The Strokes, I may as well chime in on the subject. I think they are ok, but lazy. There are some cool bass lines on Is This It, but everything else from the guitars, to the drums, to the vocals, just seems lazy to me. I don't mind lazy and, ahem, languid music, but it just doesn't really work in a "garage rock" band. That said, I don't at all mind listening to the album (I put it on in the background a lot), but it doesn't particularly move me.

well...i'd rather hear the self titled stone roses album than some of the stuff on HELP!...although all of the songs on the movie are great...i like it more than some of Let It Be...plus you have to take into account that the stone roses are still like royalty in the UK. overall, i agree that Revolver should be rated above all of those, but I still think that The Stone Roses deserves a spot in the top 10, especially in a UK magazine.

Well, I haven't heard a lot of stuff by The Stone Roses, just some. Of course, I prefer my Beatles over anything, but I don't have a problem with The Stone Roses being in the top ten at all. I just wouldn't have it that way myself, if it were my list...but, it's not.

(Edited by Sexy Sadie at 9:08 pm on Mar. 5, 2003)

For the most part, I agree, Sadie. But I'm not surprised. Those fucks at the NME are so predictable, with their Strokes and whatnot. Just look at this list, people. Now look at it again. One more time, look at it. You'll see ten fine albums. But do you really think that these are the 10 greatest albums ever recorded?

(Edited by Crispian Mills at 9:08 pm on Mar. 5, 2003)

Collectively, no, they are not the ten greatest albums ever recorded. I agree with one or two, I will give them that. But, as I said, the rest resembles the poo.

First Q puts "Live Forever" at #87 on the Greatest Songs Of All Time and now "Definitely Maybe" or "(WTS)MG?" don't even get in the NME top 10 albums ever. I used to have so much faith in England...

You're probably being sarcastic, but I really do love those albums. They were timeless rock albums, I think.

You're still new here, so I guess I have the job of informing you that the two most rabid Oasis fans in the southern part of the US post on this board: them being Damon and myself. My name is from "Digsy's Dinner" and also a line in "Be Here Now."

"Morning Glory" is my favorite album of all time. I was being sarcastic in my post...sort of...I actually have no idea what I was going for there. I'm trying to write a paper on The Jungle and it's making me loopy.

i would agree with digsy...oasis are class.

That sums up my thoughts pretty well. I don't see how an album that's been around less than five years can even be considered as one of the greatest albums of all time. To me, greatness means standing the tests of time and passing fads.

i found the entire list online. I must say that there are way too many new trendy albums on this list. The Streets? I don't think so.....

The full NME 100 greatest albums of all time are as follows:

1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

2. Pixies - Doolittle

3. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

4. Television - Marquee Moon

5. The Beatles - Revolver

6. Love - Forever Changes

7. The Strokes - Is This It

8. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

9. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

10. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks

11. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

12. The Clash - London Calling

13. Oasis - Definitely Maybe

14. Joy Division - Closer

15. Nirvana - In Utero

16. Radiohead - OK Computer

17. Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

18. Blondie - Parallel Lines

19. Nirvana - Nevermind

20. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells

21. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground

22. New Order - Technique

23. Primal Scream - Screamadelica

24. The Beatles - The Beatles (AKA The White Album)

25. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come

26. David Bowie - Low

27. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

28. The Verve - A Northern Soul

29. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

30. Massive Attack - Blue Lines

31. Pixies - Surfer Rosa

32. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers

33. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP

34. Patti Smith - Horses

35. Jeff Buckley - Grace

36. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

37. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory

38. Scott Walker - Scott 4

39. Ramones - Ramones

40. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head

41. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

42. The Stooges - Fun House

43. David Bowie - Hunky Dory

44. Radiohead - The Bends

45. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

46. The Streets - Original Pirate Material

47. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks

48. REM - Automatic For The People

49. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

50. Blur - Parklife

51. The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow

52. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St

53. Slint - Spiderland

54. The Smiths - The Smiths

55. Aphex Twin - Richard D James Album

56. Jay-Z - The Blueprint

57. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure

58. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

59. The Specials - The Specials

60. Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers

61. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

62. Pulp - His 'N' Hers

63. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis

64. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left

65. Duran Duran - Rio

66. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace Of Sin

67. Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman

68. Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

69. Andrew WK - I Get Wet

70. The Verve - Urban Hymns

71. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP

72. AC/DC - Back In Black

73. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

74. The White Stripes - Elephant

75. Lou Reed - Transformer

76. Pulp - This Is Hardcore

77. The Coral - The Coral

78. Suede - Dog Man Star

79. The Clash - The Clash

80. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush

81. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy

82. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

83. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

84. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising

85. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed

86. David Bowie - Heroes

87. The Slits - Cut

88. Primal Scream - Exterminator

89. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

90. Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate

91. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R

92. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

93. Joni Mitchell - Hejira

94. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

95. Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

96. The Vines - Highly Evolved

97. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

98. Madonna - Like A Prayer

99. The Congos - Heart Of The Congos

100. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up

(Edited by ray davies at 9:10 pm on Mar. 6, 2003)

How funny is it that I only own or have owned 7 of those? I've heard about 3 more of them. I am in a bubble, but I know enough about all those music people to know that they suck and I hate them.

This list is irrelevant.

That list is DEFINITELY irrelevant since it lists two Eminem albums as well as the White Stripes' "Elephant" which isn't even coming out for another 3 weeks. I mean, that is taking it to the extreme...I just sigh all over that list.

i counted about 15 that i own or have borrowed at one point or another. still, not a very relevant list.

yes. this list, as sexy sadie would say, "resembles the poo." c'mon, the white album at 24?!?

i guess it's impossible to make a list that pleases everyone though.

readers polls are fluff. they should leave the task of making definitive lists to the professionals like all those great editors at rolling stone, spin, alternative press, and cmj.

for the record cmj and alt. press, two once great voices of fresh music, have completely lost their original visions.

rock journalism is dead!

Most rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.

smee & i were talking about that tonight. magnet seems to be the overall coolest. they're not indie elitists, so they'll actually cover stuff like queens of the stone age and ween. rolling stone is practically worthless. spin has some really good articles. mojo's great for reading about old bands. chunklet is great, not so much for their music coverage, but for the humor. you're pretty much right though. no one seems to have the guts to say what they think anymore.

Any appreciation I have of Rolling Stone is based solely on them giving space to Hunter S. Thompson, and Ken Kesey.

Rolling Stone is horrible. Spin is better, but not much better.....NME is full of trendy shit, but i can't get enough of it. I'm addicted to nme.com....

nme is good for people like me who need to keep up with british bands that are irrelevant on our side of the pond. i also like to read the british tabloids. www.thesun.co.uk is brilliant.

So who killed Lady Di?

i think it was the same guy who killed JR...of course, now you're going to wake up and find out that she never really died.

Funniest thing I've read in a long time, sir.

I long for the days popularized in Almost Famous when Rolling Stone wrote about bands they thought people should hear about and resisted being a mouthpeice for record labels...

Will

But then there'd be no Amelie! We cant have that...

Will

gohhhh i love that movie